Mining Finance & Risk: Trustco Group warned investors that delays at Sierra Leone diamond developer Meya Mining could materially hit the carrying value of its US$46m investment and loan exposure, with the mine still in development/care-and-maintenance and no confirmed path to commercial production. Gold Exploration: Peregrine Gold found a new 3–4 km gold-bearing paleo-gravel corridor at its Newman Gold Project, filing a Mining Lease application for the Capricorn Prospect as assays roll in. Project Funding: Cavalier Resources secured binding debt funding to push its Crawford gold project toward production in Western Australia, using a mix of gold prepayment and a loan facility to limit dilution. Uranium Supply Push: India’s NTPC is tendering consultants to identify overseas uranium mine assets in Canada, Australia, Kazakhstan and South Africa to fuel a major nuclear buildout. Coal Enforcement: India’s CISF seized 428.34 tonnes of illegally mined coal across Jharkhand and West Bengal, arresting suspects and filing FIRs under the MMDR Act. Rare Earths & Recycling: Ionic Rare Earths appointed a new EMEA COO to drive expansion tied to a UK rare-earth magnet recycling push. Metals Market Signals: Reuters reports an aluminium supply shock from the Iran war is bringing idled Western smelters back online, including a partial restart in Slovakia and a US reactivation plan. Lithium Progress: Prairie Lithium took delivery of a large four-column DLE unit in Saskatchewan, while LibertyStream signed a definitive lithium carbonate offtake covering 60% of its Freedom 1 output. Operations Update: Dynacor started ore production at its Galam pilot plant in Senegal, targeting first gold pour in August.